Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 & 3 Only
WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT-1972 HAS SPECIFIED ONLY THREE ANIMALS — COMMON CROW, FRUIT BATS, MICE AND RATS AS VERMIN

Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 & 3
ALL THE STATEMENT ARE CORRECT.

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 & 2
BOTH ARE CORRECT STATEMENTS
THE ASSAM GOVERNMENT STARTED THE SUSTAINABLE ACTION FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT (SACRED). THE PROJECT IS ASSISTED BY THE FRENCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THE PROJECT ENVISAGES THE MAJULI RIVER ISLAND DISTRICT TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER CARBON-NEUTRAL DISTRICT OF THE COUNTRY BY 2020.

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 & 2
BOTH ARE CORRECT STATEMENTS
ZILA SWACHH BHARAT PRERAKS (ZSBPS) ARE PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE THEIR TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN IDENTIFIED DISTRICTS. THE PROGRAMME IS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH JOINT EFFORT OF MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION AND TATA TRUST. THE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED 600 PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION.

Answer: Option C. -> 2 & 3 Only
FIRST STATEMENT IS INCORRECT BECAUSE “SOUTHERN BIRDWING” IS A LARGE AND STRIKING SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY WITH LENGTH OF ALMOST 190MM. IT IS ENDEMIC TO SOUTHERN OR PENINSULAR INDIA. SECOND AND THIRD STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT. SOUTHERN BIRDWING BUTTERFLY HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS THE STATE BUTTERFLY OF KARNATAKA. KARNATAKA IS THE SECOND STATE TO ADOPT A STATE BUTTERFLY. PRIOR TO THIS, MAHARASHTRA DECLARED BLUE MORMON AS THE STATE BUTTERFLY. SOUTHERN BIRDWING HAS DISTINCTIVE RED AND YELLOW COLOURS THOSE RESEMBLES KARNATAKA’S COLOURS. SOUTHERN BIRDWING IS THE LARGEST BUTTERFLY IN INDIA AND ENDEMIC TO SOUTH INDIA, PARTICULARLY KARNATAKA.

Answer: Option C. -> Savannah
SAVANNAH GRASSLAND IS FOUND IN AFRICA. THE REGION IS MARKED BY TALL GRASSES AND SCATTERED TREES. THEY ARE ALSO CALLED ELEPHANT GRASSLANDS. THE GRASS IS POOR IN NUTRITION AND THUS CAN NOT BE USED AS A SOURCE OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS.

Answer: Option C. -> Noise
AS PER THE AMBIENT NOISE STANDARDS, THAT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES LIKE, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SILENCE ZONES ETC, FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, 55 DB (A) LEQ DURING ‘DAY TIME’ AND 45 DB (A) LEQ DURING ‘NIGHT TIME’ FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS HAVE BEEN FIXED. LEQ IS A SYMBOL THAT REPRESENTS “EQUIVALENT CONTINUOUS NOISE LEVEL”. USUALLY THE SIGNAL THAT YOU ARE MEASURING IS VARYING IN AMPLITUDE.LEQ NOISE LEVELS ARE LOGARITHMIC (DB) VALUES AND CANNOT BE ADDED DIRECTLY. A DOUBLING OF SOUND LEVEL RESULTS IN A MEASURED INCREASE OF 3 DB, FOUR IDENTICAL SOURCES IN A ROOM WOULD INCREASE THE NOISE LEVEL BY 6 DB AND SO ON.

Answer: Option B. -> Temperate Deciduous
THE TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY MODERATE CLIMATE, BROAD LEAF DECIDUOUS TREES, TREES HAVING PARTICULAR SHEDDING SEASON. THE RAINFALL IS FAIRLY UNIFORM AND SOIL IS PODOZOLIC.

Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2, 3 & 4
THERE IS A RISE IN BOILING AND MELTING POINTS OF ALKANES WITH RESPECT TO INCREASE IN LENGTH OF THE CHAIN C1 TO C4 ARE IN GASEOUS STATE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, C5 TO C12 ARE LIQUID. C20 ONWARDS, ALKANES ARE SOLIDS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
BUTANE BOILS AT O°C
NATURAL GAS PRIMARILY CONTAINS METHANE (CH4) AND THE BYE PRODUCTS ARE ETHANE, PROPANE, BUTANE AND PENTANES. ETHANE IS PRIMARILY USED FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE WHICH IS MOST PRODUCED ORGANIC COMPOUND IN THE WORLD AND IS AN IMPORTANT PLANT HORMONE. ALKANES FROM PENTANE TO OCTANE ARE REFINED INTO PETROL (GASOLENE) ALKANES FROM NONANE TO HEXADECANE ARE REFINED TO DIESEL AND KEROSENE.
THE ALKANES ABOVE HEXADECANE ARE REFINED INTO FUEL OIL AND LUBRICATING OIL.

Answer: Option C. -> Butterfly
THE SOUTHERN BIRDWING IS A LARGE AND STRIKING SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY ENDEMIC TO PENINSULAR INDIA. WITH A WINGSPAN OF 140–190 MM, IT IS THE LARGEST BUTTERFLY FOUND IN SOUTHERN INDIA. YOU MAY NOTE THAT GRASS JEWEL IS THE SMALLEST BUTTERFLY OF INDIA AND ATLAS MOTH IS THE LARGEST MOTH FOUND IN INDIA.